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by maqr 4720 days ago
In all seriousness, who does get to decide what speech is illegal in your country? If you're about to say something that might upset some group, do you restrain yourself or say it any way and wait for the courts to decide of your speech was lawful? From my American perspective, it sounds like an awful restriction to have.

I wonder what percentage of people in your country feel that their speech has ever been restrained in any way.

Also, what about political speech that is satirical and offensive to some groups, like Parazit or The Daily Show?

1 comments

It's not about saying things that might upset some group. It's about saying things in a public forum that are deliberately upsetting and abusive and promoting hatred. You don't have to worry about it because you know exactly what you are doing when you do it. It's like worrying about getting a ticket because you accidentally drove in reverse down a one way street. And if you look the vast majority of cases get dismissed.

Also consider that American corporations wield an immense power to restrict speech, and they are quite liberal about doing so.